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Coach - it IS our responsibility to see that the rules are properly administered.
But it's part of YOUR job, like it or not, to be well enough versed in the rules and procedures that A) you know when a RULES error is being made, and B) you know what to do when it happens. "Going Ballistic" is not one of your options. If I was PU in the 2nd sitch, I'd likely have tossed you, and THEN fixed the error. Learn the proper protest procedure, and USE it. You gain no respect from anyone (especially your players) when you "go ballistic", and get less leeway afterward (if you're not tossed on the spot).
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"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson
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